381 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

From stone to metal -- The Greeks -- The Romans -- The legacies of the east -- Anglo-French civilization, 1100-1399 -- Italian ingenuity -- German Miners and metallurgists, 1450-1650 -- The Struggle with water in Britain, 1540-1740 -- The Power revolution, 1740-1800 -- French influence and example -- The Franco-British wars, 1793-1815 -- The age of the mechanical engineer, 1815-1857 -- New horizons in Britain, 1815-1854 -- The Crimean War and after, 1854-1857 -- India : challenge and stimulant -- The American Civil War and after -- The German exemplar -- The generation of electricity -- The processing of molecules to 1914 -- The internal combustion revolution to 1914 -- Social adjustment in Britain, 1867-1914 -- The First World War and after, 1914-1935 -- The American Oasis and the twentieth century -- The awakening of the Russian giant, 1920-1946 -- Purpose and planning in Britain, 1935-1945 -- The supranational imperative 1945-74 -- The endless frontier

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